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Anirban Bhattacharya
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A letter to Lady Justice: Umar Khalid had some faith in your blindfold – is he not worth defending?
An appeal by a friend of the jailed activist.
Anirban Bhattacharya
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Hanuman’s leap: Why India’s firms aren’t making investments despite Nirmala Sitharaman’s pleading
Industrialists will only invest when it they see returns and it makes business sense.
Anirban Bhattacharya
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Tale of two Constitutions: As Chile drafts a pluralistic future, some Indians aim for Hindu rashtra
In India, are moving backward from a secular, socialist and democratic republic to one that is majoritarian, unitary and grotesquely unequal.
Anirban Bhattacharya
Trending
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The curious case of Pran Puri, the 18th century travelling monk who was discovered and forgotten
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Explained: Why India wants to modify the Indus Water Treaty after 62 years
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How Alexander the Great became Iskandar Zulkarnain, the legendary ancestor of Malay kings
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In Assam, a police crackdown on child marriage leaves a trail of crying women and broken families
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When the British secretly plotted to recruit Russians living in India against Nazi Germany
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How the row over ‘freebies’ hides India’s failure to meet the basic needs of its citizens
While it targets welfare schemes, the Union government has also written off crores in outstanding loans for India’s rich and given huge corporate tax rebates.
Anirban Bhattacharya
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Behind the ABG Shipyard fraud, a system that lets big firms gamble with savings of ordinary people
With the company owing Rs 22,842 crore to 28 banks, it’s being called India’s biggest bank fraud.
Ashish Kajla & Anirban Bhattacharya
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Demonetisation, GST and lockdown: How the Modi government has wrecked India’s small businesses
Each time, the citizens were expected to endure ‘momentary hardships’, purportedly to achieve what was said to be a ‘noble goal’.
Priya Dharshini, Ashish Kajla & Anirban Bhattacharya
Video
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Watch: Chased by crocodile, antelope swims for its life across river, escapes in nick of time
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Watch: Tiger waits for trucks to pass before crossing busy highway
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Watch: Rishi Sunak mentions ‘dharma’ as his reason for taking up the job of UK PM
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Turkey earthquake: Scenes of horrifying devastation emerge across the affected region
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Watch: American DJ Diplo shows off batting skills during game of gully cricket with locals in Mumbai
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An open letter to Umar Khalid: If you are doing time, you may as well do it well
Two friends write to the student leader, jailed in the Delhi riots case.
Aswathi Nair & Anirban Bhattacharya
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Opinion: Dissent is contagious – and arrests of Delhi activists will not stop the quest for justice
The CAA-NRC protests undermined the stereotypical images of Muslims that drive the BJP’s binary politics. It is trying to restore the balance.
Anirban Bhattacharya
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The Great Covid-19 Migrant Exodus: Miles separate government’s claims on relief from reality
Tracking the stories of two workers – one who stayed in Delhi and the other who returned home to Utttar Pradesh.
Sazid Ali, Shirin Choudhary & Anirban Bhattacharya
The Reel
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‘The Consultant’ trailer: Christoph Waltz plays a sinister boss in dark comedy series
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Watch: Behind the scenes of Hansika Motwani’s December wedding
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Amit Trivedi lets his music do the talking: ‘There’s one life. We take it way too seriously’
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Start the week with a film: Horses and a quietly thumping heart in ‘The Rider’
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‘Class’ review: An immersive and revealing show about privilege
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Contested citizenship: What Constituent Assembly debates from 70 years ago reveal about India today
Some ideas from the late 1940s mirror current views on Indian Muslims and minority rights.
Anirban Bhattacharya & Azram Rahman Khan
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A dangerous pattern of police violence in Uttar Pradesh has been masked by clever propaganda
A series of fact-finding visits by civil society groups raise disturbing questions over the way Uttar Pradesh used the December protests to target Muslims.
Anirban Bhattacharya
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Photo feature: Struggle and hope in the tea gardens of the Dooars
What a students’ protest around a school bus on one West Bengal estate represents.
Anirban Bhattacharya, Rupam Deb & Cheena Kapoor
The Field
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Shuttle Zone: From Naraoka to Treesa-Gayatri, new kids on the block who could make their mark
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Olympics 2024: Paris mayor says Russian athletes should be banned from Games for Ukraine invasion
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ISL: Kerala Blasters bolster play-off hopes with comeback win over Chennaiyin FC
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India vs Australia: KL Rahul on spin combination for Nagpur Test, batting in middle order and more
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WPL auction, player list: Harmanpreet Kaur, Smriti Mandhana, Ellyse Perry in first set; 409 in total